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Promotion of locally-grown foods will get a boost through a grant that will link buyers and sellers online, somewhat like a food dating service.
The $78,000 in funding is from the U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture's Farmers Market Promotion Program, and will help build an online food network for growers in Butte, Glenn and Tehama counties.
Northern California Regional Land Trust (www.landconservation.org) has been working on local grower promotion for the past few years, including creation of a publication that lists local growers as well as restaurants and retailers that feature local foods.
That program, Buy Fresh, Buy Local North Valley, helped set the groundwork for the most recent grant.
Noelle Ferdon heads up these efforts for the Land Trust, and said it helped put Northern California in a position to receive one of the 17 grants in the nation for online marketing funding.
Another grant from CDFA was received in October 2011 to help promote local fruit, vegetables, tree nuts and horticulture, including marketing workshops and the local eater's guide.
During this time, Ferdon has been looking at obstacles some growers have in marketing their products. One is competing within the economy of scale.
Mainstream buyers, such as large food distribution centers and groceries, need to buy in bulk.
Food is shipped in massive quantities to storage facilities, then redistributed via trucks.
For fresh food, this also means cold storage and "food hubs."
But small and midsize growers don't have access to these types of facilities.
The idea to create a local food hub has been floating around for at least four years.
Ferdon took on the idea, and recently completed a feasibility study with a local consultant for a food hub in this region.
Meanwhile, the most recent funding was awarded to work on an online version of the food hub.
For example, the CDFA grant will help to produce a baseline to show how much food is grown locally, the capacity of production and the limitations producers experience.
"Now we realize the hurdles have to do with the lack of cold storage."
She said growers have said if they could store their fresh produce, they could market for four weeks longer.
A very good example is kiwis, which store for long periods of time, and much longer when kept cold. Other examples are citrus and apples. A kiwi farmer, for example, could sell at local farmers markets, but he can only sell so much each week.
With cold storage, the crop could be sold over a longer period of time, or stored up for a wholesale shipment.
Funding isn't available to build a physical structure, but it might be that growers and buyers could work together. One crop, for example, could need storage in spring, while another needs to be stored in winter.
One of the first steps will be to create a marketing calendar online, to show what's available locally, Ferdon said.
This will connect producers with buyers.
The "big vision" is that a food hub could be similar to a dating website online, Ferdon said.
Another important role for a food hub would be safety. Buyers nowadays require million-dollar liability insurance, something too costly for a small grower.
So far, growers have been asked if they are interested, and they are, she said.
The plan is to start small and see how things grow.
Of the 130 grants awarded this year through the Farmers Market Promotion Program, only 17 included the online marketing concept.
Other areas in the nation will be watching Northern California to "see what we can pull off."


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I honestly do NOT recommend breeding on a whim, because you think it would be "neat", or to make money; breeding is a HUGE responsibility and can become very expensive if something goes wrong with the chicks.
Some things to ask yourself before breeding:
1. Do you know how to handfeed? If the answer is no, do you have someone who can show you how? If the answer to THAT is no, what is your plan in the event that the chick's life will depend on you being able to handfeed? It's very easy to kill a chick by handfeeding if you don't know what you're doing. If the temperature of the formula is off, you can cause burns(if too hot) or can cause slow crop(if too cold or not mixed right); if you don't handfeed properly, the chick can apsirate(when food goes into the lungs) on the food and die a pretty painful death.
2. What is your plan if the parents abandon the nest, or don't feed the chicks? Handfeeding from day one requires that you feed the birds every 1-2 hours around the clock; this means no sleep for you, and taking the birds to work/school with you for a couple weeks.
3. If the parents do abandon, you WILL need to take the chicks with you to work or school because they WILL need to be fed every few hours for the first several weeks.
4. Are you able to recognize the early signs of sour crop, crop stasis, yeast infections, or bacterial infections? If not, you need to learn how to do this, as "waiting to see" if a chick is sick or not can cost the chick its life.
5. What will you do with the chicks if you can't keep them all? Selling to pet stores is, in my opinion, a terrible thing that no caring breeder would do. At a pet store anyone with money can buy your bird, and you have no idea what kind of home or person they will be sold to. In a pet store they may also be exposed to disease and may die well before ever making it to a new home.
The best breeders line up homes for their chicks mating even happens or eggs are laid.
Those who don't do that will carefully screen potential owners.
In my opinion, "breeders" who sell to anyone with money are akin to puppy mills or bird mills; in it only for the money. Be offended if you like, but a backyard breeder is a backyard breeder; those who get offended are probably the kind of people I'm talking about.
6. If you plan to keep the chicks, are you aware that clutch sizes can be up to 8 babies? Do you have the time, money, and space for all those extra birds?
7. What will you do if one of the parents starts attacking or plucking the chicks?
8. What are the temprements of your hen and cock? Overly aggressive birds should not be bred; that is a trait that should not be passed on.
Birds with a bald spot behind their crest should also not be bred, as this is a genetic flaw that isn't desirable and should not be passed on.
9. Vet care costs. Can you afford $500+ for emergency vet care if your hen, or any of the chicks need it? There are complications which can arise(such as egg binding; where the egg gets stuck inside the hen) that CANNOT wait for regular vet hours. This means if your hen should become eggbound on a Sunday evening, you CANNOT wait until Monday morning and will need to pay for emergency vet care.
Same goes for if one of the chicks becomes sick.
10. Do you have room for the extra cages you may need in the event that you can't find homes for all the chicks? Or in the event that one or both of the parents starts attacking or plucking the chicks?
11. WHY do you want to breed?
Bad reasons:
"I think it'd be fun/cool/neat."
"Just because"
"The birds want/need it"
"The kids think it'd be neat/The kids begged me to let them."
"To make money."
12. Breeders rarely make a lot of money off breeding alone; in general a breeder is happy if the money from the sale of the chicks even comes close to being even with what it cost to raise them and keep all the birds healthy.
13. Have you had your hen and cock checked by an AVIAN vet(even if you have to drive 200 miles to get to one) to make sure they're in peak health? Unhealthy parents make for unhealthy chicks.
14. What kind of diet are you feeding your birds?
If you're feeding a seed only or mainly seed diet, your birds are likely not in top condition and should not be allowed to breed until you get them on a better diet.
I'm not telling you these things to be overly negative; these are very real concerns that have consequences that can result in the death of your birds and high vet bills for you.
I would not suggest you breed until you do a LOT of research. If at all possible, find a breeder in your area who is willing to teach you how to handfeed and care for chicks, recognize early signs of illness, and maybe allow you to help out with their chicks. Whether or not that's possible, it would be a very good idea to read through ALL the articles below.
Start with
www.cockatiel.org and read the articles they have.
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PLEASE take the time and effort to read everything I've posted here.
Breeding is a big responsibility and is not something that should be done on a whim or because you think it'd be "neat" or "fun".
You are dealing with lives; lives that depend on you to make it, and that is a very serious responsibility.

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I'm obsessed with the show DISAPPEARED on the Discovery ID channel. The show features the story of a person—usually an adult—who, for all practical purposes, simply disappeared off the face of the Earth. The most interesting cases to me are the people who lead, in law enforcement terms, a low-risk lifestyle, meaning they aren't involved in drugs or prostitution or gangs or otherwise engage in behavior that might put them in the path of danger. They're just normal, average, next-door-neighbor types whose lives are really pretty ordinary…until they vanish.
The show retraces the last few days of the missing person's activities, conducts interviews with bewildered family members, friends, and coworkers, and generally tries to corral all the possible theories about what could have happened to the person. It makes my imagination run wild.
I don't consider myself a paranoid person, but as a murder mystery writer, I think I'd be remiss if I didn't let someone know ahead of time what might have happened if *I* disappear. So here goes:
If I ever go missing…
–Check the "prison mail" folder in my tall file cabinet, top drawer. Like most authors, I get my share, all of whom are wrongly accused and incarcerated, and are looking for a sympathetic pen pal. I don't reply to the letters, but maybe a paroled inmate took my lack of response personally.
–Talk to Homeless Joe on my street—he's harmless, but he knows everything that happens on this block and around my building. Don't forget to tip him.
–Check the bushes between my condo building and Trader Joe's—I might have finally consumed enough Joe Joe's to put myself into a coma.
–Have the police interrogate my exes R, C, R2, T, and S. They're all too lazy and/or uninspired to have done anything to me, but let them think they're suspects so they sweat a little.
–Check my sleeper sofa. I've been known to wonder if a body can fit into/be hidden in strange places, and I might have inadvertently shut myself up in my couch. Ditto for my liquor cabinet, the storage drawers in my office platform, and my Samsonite upright rolling suitcase.
–Check my vehicle in the parking garage. I drive so infrequently, I might have locked myself in and forgotten how to work the controls.
–Review the "scary reader emails" folder in my tall file cabinet, middle drawer. Readers get invested in characters and some don't take it kindly when I don't spend every waking moment writing the next installment.
–Check my closet. If my 534 Levi's, Berlin '05 T-shirt, and red knee-high boots are missing (and my cell phone is on the kitchen counter), I'm gone because I want to be, and I'm probably not coming back.
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iParty agrees to be acquired by Party City
iParty Corp., a Dedham-based party goods retail chain of 54 stores, said Friday that it has agreed to be acquired Party City Holdings Inc., a large party supply retailer headquartered in New Jersey, in a deal valued at nearly $11 million for shareholders of its common stock.
iParty said the proposed transaction has an enterprise value of $38 million.
Thomas H. Lee Partners, the Boston investment management firm, acquired a majority stake in Party City last June. For Party City, the proposed purchase will give it a potential foothold in the New England, where it currently does not have a presence, Party City chief executive Gerald C. Rittenberg, said in a statement. Party City currently has 750 company-owned and franchise locations throughout North America.
One of iParty's most important seasons is Halloween, and the company said its business was hurt by storms two years running, most recently by Hurricane Sandy. In November, iParty announced that it had hired the investment bank Raymond James & Associates to help the company in "exploring a broad range of financial and strategic alternatives.''
Under the sales agreement, iParty said in a press release that Party City will acquire iParty for $0.45 per share; that price represents a 200 percent premium over the closing price of iParty common stock as of Feb. 28.
The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter, iParty said.
Sal Perisano, iParty's chairman and chief executive, said in a statement that the Party City network "will benefit our stores and products by significantly increasing our scale and broadening our geographic presence. We look forward to working with Party City and its management team as we integrate our companies.''
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Latos leads Reds to win
Starter gets complete game, two hits
A complete game. Thirteen strikeouts. Two hits, too. Mat Latos made his Cincinnati Reds teammates feel as if they weren't really needed.
Latos fanned a personal-best 13 batters in his second career complete game on Monday night, dominating the Milwaukee Brewers for a 3-1 victory that left no doubt about the game's biggest star.
"He was awesome," said right fielder Jay Bruce, who doubled home a pair of runs. "He really didn't need us. He got a couple of hits, he pitched a great game.
"We knew it was in there. It was great to see him pull it out to get the win."
The NL Central leaders won for only the second time in seven games. The Brewers, who won the division last year, have dropped eight of 13, falling 7 1/2 games back -- one shy of their season high.
Latos (6-2) gave up four hits, including a drive by Norichika Aoki that made it 63 straight games at Great American Ball Park with at least one homer. Latos also singled twice, matching a career high.
He finished it off by fanning Rickie Weeks with his 109th pitch. An astounding 80 of his pitches were strikes.
"All I knew is he was throwing strike after strike after strike," manager Dusty Baker said. "Hopefully, now he'll get on a roll and stay on one for a while."
It was his first eye-opening performance since the Reds got him from San Diego in their biggest offseason trade.
"It's an amazing feeling to finally do something good after the trade," said Latos, who has had some good moments but not quite like the latest.
Bruce doubled home two runs in the fourth off Yovani Gallardo (6-6), who allowed four hits over six innings. Brandon Phillips had an RBI double in the eighth.
Aoki led off the sixth with his fourth homer. The 63 games with a homer at Great American is the longest active streak in the majors and the longest since Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park also had a 63-game homer streak from 2007-08, according to STATS LLC.
The next-longest such streak? Coors Field had 80 straight games with a homer from 2002-03, according to STATS.
The Brewers saw the series as a chance to get back into the race before the All-Star break. Mostly, they needed to stop self-destructing with sloppy play that has been their norm lately.
Milwaukee has scored one run or less in three of its last four games.
The Reds got back to full strength with their starting lineup when they activated center fielder Drew Stubbs from the disabled list before the game. He had been sidelined since June 15 with pulled muscles in his left side.
Stubbs led off the fourth inning with a double and later scored on Bruce's hit for a 2-0 lead. He also walked, singled and stole a base, scoring twice.
Latos was coming off one of his worst performances of the season. A week earlier in Cleveland, he gave up seven runs in only four innings of a 10-9 loss.
"After my last start in Cleveland, I made some adjustments in my mechanics," Latos said. "I was able to keep the ball down in the zone and bounce my slider when I needed to."
He struck out six of the first 11 Brewers he faced, allowing only two hits over the first five innings -- bunt singles by Nyjer Morgan and Martin Maldonado.
"I know he's been struggling a little bit recently, but he threw a great game," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "His slider was outstanding. He threw strikes with every pitch. That was just a great ballgame."
During the game, Latos' wife, Dallas, tweeted that she has Weeks on her fantasy team. Weeks doubled and struck out three times against her husband.
Milwaukee's Ryan Braun went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts, ending his hitting streak at 18 games. Aramis Ramirez had an eight-game streak snapped on his 34th birthday.


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WBU faculty member earns doctorate from Texas Tech
Cindy McClenagan, assistant professor of English at Wayland Baptist University, earned her doctorate in English during December ceremonies at Texas Tech.
McClenagan's specialization is in twentieth-century American Literature, and her dissertation was titled "A Postmodern End for the Violent Victorian Female."
She has taught full-time in the English department since August 1999. Prior to that position, she served as collection development and reference librarian for Wayland's library. Her research interests include postmodern literature, historiographic metafiction, and African American and minority literature.
McClenagan holds a bachelor's degree from Luther College in Iowa and a master of arts in library science from the University of Iowa. She also earned a master of arts in English from Texas Tech in 1998.


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Cooler Master HAF XM Mid Tower Announced
Cooler Master announces the mid-tower-sized HAF XM.
On top of supporting four 200mm fans and a 140mm rear exhaust fan, the HAF XM offers support for liquid cooling with space for up to a 2 x 140mm fan radiator on top and a 140mm radiator in the rear.
Incorporating a 90-degree rotated side panel with a latched handle for easy access to core system components, 8+1 expansion slots offer space for multiple graphics cards setup in NVIDIA SLI or AMD CrossFire. Users can setup a massive HDD or SSD array with support for up to nine drives. This includes two X-Dock slots and a 2.5-inch HDD/SSD mounting point on the back of the motherboard tray. A front I/O panel offers access to two USB 3.0 ports, 2 x USB 2.0 ports, audio in and out, and FAN LED control.
In addition, the HAF XM includes a non-slip rubber pad on top for placing personal belongings, reducing clutter on your desk.
The HAF XM is priced at S$209.
Another model which comes with a side panel is priced at S$219.
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This weekend the windy city will host some of the greatest faces in golf at the BMW Championship at Conway Farms Golf Club. The BMW Championship is part of the FedEx Cup Playoff where the top 30 point list will compete next week for the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup.
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The New Zealand Softbait Championship is similar in concept to the pro bass tournaments in the USA and Australia. The winner is not the angler with the single heaviest fish; instead you have to land 4 snapper on each of the two days in order to qualify. The fish are measured rather than weighed; to be eligible, all snapper must be between 35cm and 60cm in length. This is designed to protect the big breeders and the smaller fish under 10 years old, and will ensure that the best angler wins - or at least a very good angler will take out first prize. A lot of tournaments are won by an angler who just gets lucky when a 20-pounder swims past - not this tournament. You will have to put in the effort, be consistent and have some ability if you want to win.
There are a number of unique features to this tournament which we like: the snapper are measured not weighed, a fin is clipped and you get to keep the fish you enter. There will be a late weigh-in (measure-up?) on Friday, the first day of the tournament. As long as you are in the queue by 9pm your fish will be measured - which lets you have an evening fish, a great time to fish in the Coromandel at this time of year.
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Dir: Jon M. Chu. US. 2013. 112mins
Muscle-bound and lumbering, G.I. Joe: Retaliation goes in a more stripped-down, no-nonsense direction than its predecessor, and the end result is a beefier but not better movie. This sequel to the cartoonish first film, 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra, discards much of the original cast for a new set of heroes, most notably an always-game Dwayne Johnson. But between its generic action-thriller plotting and unsophisticated worship of warfare and hardware, Retaliation is a conspicuously uninspired effort that goes through the motions, hoping undiscriminating genre fans won't mind.
Retaliation mostly plays out as one more familiar shoot-'em-up, and even when Willis tries to provide a little smart-ass comic relief, it mostly falls flat.
Opening in much of the world starting March 27, G.I. Joe: Retaliation will look to at least match The Rise Of Cobra's overall grosses of $302m. (The films are based on Hasbro's line of action figures, which were adapted into an animated kids' series in the 1980s.) Johnson is the film's lead, and his star power will help, as will the presence of Bruce Willis in a supporting role. And considering that there won't be a major action movie on the landscape for a few weeks, Retaliation could see smooth sailing, with returns boosted by 3D and IMAX ticket sales.
Early on, Retaliation establishes the fact that, in the time period since The Rise Of Cobra, brash young upstart Duke (Channing Tatum) has advanced up the ranks to become the new leader of G.I. Joe, an elite American military force on a constant search for the terrorist organization known as Cobra. But after a stealthy, lethal sneak attack wipes out most of the Joes, Roadblock (Johnson) must assume command, taking under his wing Flint (D.J. Cotrona) and Lady Jaye (Adrianne Palicki). With no one to help them after realizing that the world thinks that the Joes are actually traitors — misinformation spread by a Cobra operative posing as the American president (Jonathan Pryce) — these three soldiers must stop Cobra's mysterious plan that involves convening the planet's most powerful leaders at a nuclear disarmament summit.
Where The Rise Of Cobra was directed by The Mummy filmmaker Stephen Sommers — known for his wholesome, somewhat dopey action movies — Jon M. Chu (Step Up 2: The Streets, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never) has taken the reins for Retaliation. It's an interesting choice considering that Chu has made his name with movies that emphasise cutting-edge music and dance, and there are a few moments in Retaliation where his camera captures a balletic energy, most notably in a dizzying fight sequence across a mountain range that involves swords, zip-lines and even an avalanche.
Unfortunately, this dark-toned sequel sets up a rather conventional arc where our heroes have lost everything and must fight against long odds to overcome an enemy with superior forces. But that stab at a grittier G.I. Joe movie fails since the three new central characters aren't developed enough to really be that compelling. As always, Johnson is effortlessly commanding and sympathetic, his mix of swagger and charm instantly winning us over.
But that's not enough to form a character, and Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick's screenplay is too busy juggling between different locations — not to mention laying out Cobra's elaborate scheme — to bother fleshing out its participants. (At least Lady Jaye is given a sliver of a back story, while Flint's main characteristic seems to be that he's hunky.)
Retaliation was initially scheduled for a summer 2012 release but was then pushed back, the studio stating it wanted to convert the film into 3D. And while the 3D adds a certain amount of visual punch, it can't compensate for the lack of chemistry between the central characters. To be sure, The Rise Of Cobra was an overly jokey and tame affair, but the frat-house rapport between Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans and Rachel Nichols at least give it a little gusto.
None of Retaliation's new characters are as lively, and Chu's focus on big guns and super-macho dialogue drowns the movie in testosterone. This is all the more disappointing since Chu's earlier films had a spring in their step. Sadly, Retaliation mostly plays out as one more familiar shoot-'em-up, and even when Willis tries to provide a little smart-ass comic relief, it mostly falls flat. Rather than trying to tell a captivating story, this sequel feels like a course correction meant to further the franchise and establish new rooting interests. But everybody in it is as lifeless and plastic as the toys that inspired the series.
Production companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Skydance Productions, Hasbro, di Bonaventura Pictures
Domestic distribution: Paramount Pictures, paramount.com
Producers: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Brian Goldner
Executive producers: Stephen Sommers, Herbert W. Gains, Erik Howsam, Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Paul Schwake
Screenplay: Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick, based on Hasbro's G.I. Joe characters
Cinematography: Stephen Windon
Production design: Andrew Menzies
Editors: Roger Barton, Jim May
Music: Henry Jackman
Website: GIJoeMovie.com
Main Cast: D.J. Cotrona, Byung-hun Lee, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, RZA, Ray Stevenson, Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson


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Assessing Antibiotic Breakdown in ManureBy Ann Perry
March 4, 2010
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Scott Yates is studying how oxytetracycline (OTC), an antibiotic that is administered to animals, breaks down in cattle manure.
Livestock producers in the United States often use antibiotics to control disease in their animals, and confined U.S. livestock and poultry generate about 63.8 million tons of manure every year. The drugs are often only partially absorbed by the digestive tract, and the rest are excreted with their pharmaceutical activity intact.
Yates, who works at the ARS Contaminant Fate and Transport Research Unit in Riverside, Calif., found that in controlled laboratory conditions, OTC in cattle manure was degraded more quickly as temperatures increased and as the moisture content in the manure increased. But the OTC breakdown slowed as water saturation levels neared 100 percent. Yates concluded that this slowdown resulted when oxygen levels were not high enough to fuel the OTC biodegradation.
Yates also noted that OTC breaks down more quickly in manure than in soil. Compared to soil, manure has higher levels of organic material and moisture, which support the microorganisms that break down this pharmaceutical.
This laboratory research may be useful in designing studies that evaluate the potential effects of lagoons, holding ponds and manure pits on bacteria and antimicrobial resistance.
Livestock producers also might use the results from this study to maximize the breakdown of organic materials and potential antibiotics in manure by designing storage environments with optimum temperatures and moisture levels.
Results from this study were published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
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Children encounter pesticides every day and are uniquely vulnerable to their toxicity. A new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) outlines the harmful effects of pesticides on children and makes recommendations on how to reduce exposure. The policy statement, "Pesticide Exposure in Children," and an accompanying technical report are published in the December 2012 issue of Pediatrics (released online Nov. 26). Prenatal and early childhood exposure to pesticides is associated with pediatric cancers, decreased cognitive function and behavioral problems. According to the AAP, recognizing and reducing children's exposure to pesticides will require improved medical training, public health tracking, and regulatory approaches. The AAP recommends pediatricians become familiar with the effects of acute and chronic exposures to pesticides; learn what resources are available for both treatment of acute poisoning and addressing lower dose chronic exposures in children; and understand pesticide labeling. Pediatricians should ask parents about pesticide use around the home and yard, offer guidance about safe storage, and recommend parents choose lowest-harm approaches when considering pest control. Pediatricians should also work with schools and government agencies to advocate for the least toxic methods of pest control, and to inform communities when pesticides are being used in the area. The policy statement also makes a number of recommendations for government, including specific recommendations related to marketing, labeling, use and safety of pesticides to minimize children's exposure.
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Country Captain sounds like such an unusual name for a chicken dish, but once I learned the origins it made sense. A "country captain" was a captain of native troops paid by England in the colonial days, and it's very likely that this dish or something very similar was introduced to England by a native officer. The dish spread to the American south which has claimed country captain chicken as its own.
It's a curry at heart, with plenty of spices and vegetables in a tomato sauce with pork of some kind, often bacon, and dried currants. I researched quite a few recipes and found many similarities, even right down to the measurements, but one thing that varied was the preparation of the chicken. It can be poached for stock, then deboned and chopped and added to the sauce, or it can be fried then nestled in the top of the curry to finish cooking on the stove or in the oven. You can even make another version of this in a slow cooker. No matter which method you choose, this makes a delicious autumn meal.
Traditionally the dish is served with white rice in the south, but in keeping with the Indian flavors, I serve it with savory yellow rice spiced with turmeric, cinnamon, cloves, and bay leaves.
Adapted from The Lee Brothers Southern Cookbook, by Matt Lee and Ted Lee, and Bill Neal's Southern Cooking.
Serves 8.
small saucepan
2 small bowls
5 to 6 quart enameled cast-iron pot or Dutch oven
aluminum foil
1 cup (120 ml) chicken broth, divided (homemade or purchased low-sodium, gluten-free if possible)
1/2 cup (80 g) dried currants
1 tablespoon curry powder (We recommend S&B for best flavor.)
1 tablespoon garam masala
1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 ounces (113 g) slab bacon or thick-cut bacon, diced
parts of 1 whole chicken or 8 thighs, skin on, trimmed
1 pound (454 g) carrots, peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch thick rounds
2 medium yellow bell peppers, diced
2 medium yellow onions, diced
3 cloves garlic, peeled
28-ounce (822 g) can crushed tomatoes with juice
2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
rice, spiced or white
slivered toasted almonds
bacon pieces (See ingredients list.)
chopped flat-leaf parsley
1. Place rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350° F/175° C.
2. In the small saucepan, bring 1/2 cup of the chicken broth to a boil, then remove from heat. Add the dried currants and let them to soak for about 15 minutes.
3. In the small bowl, whisk together the curry powder, garam masala, salt, and pepper. Set aside.
4. Sauté the diced bacon in the pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat, just until golden brown. Transfer the bacon plus all but 2 tablespoons of the bacon drippings to a bowl. Brown the chicken pieces in the remaining bacon drippings over medium-high heat until they are golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Add another teaspoon or so of bacon drippings if the pot becomes dry. Transfer chicken to a bowl or platter.
5. Add the carrots, bell peppers, onions, and garlic to the hot pot and sauté until slightly softened, about 5 or 6 minutes. Add the tomatoes, spices, ginger, currants with their broth, plus the remaining chicken broth. Stir and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until the sauce cooks down to a puree and coats the vegetables, not too dry, about 8 to 10 minutes.
6. Turn off the heat. Arrange the browned chicken pieces on top of the vegetables and sauce, skin side up above the surface of the sauce. Tent the pot loosely with foil and place in the oven.Bake until the sauce has a rolling boil going around the chicken, about 20 minutes. Remove the foil and continue cooking until the chicken skin begins to crisp, about 15 minutes.
7. Remove from the oven and skim excess fat from the surface. Serve a piece of chicken along with the rice and vegetables with each plate or bowl and top with garnishes.


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Hope College senior Luke Eastburg of Grand Rapids, has been honored for his dedication to raising support for disabled children in South Africa by the West Michigan Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
He received the chapter's "President's Award," presented for extraordinary commitment to service to community, on Tuesday, Nov. 9, during the group's celebration of National Philanthropy Day. The event was held at Calvin College in Grand Rapids.
Eastburg, a pre-medical student at Hope who is a 2007 graduate of Forest Hills Central High School, has played a leadership role in establishing the Itsoseng Project on behalf of the Itsoseng Center for Disabled Children located in rural South Africa in the small town of Phuthaditjhaba, about three hours' drive from Johannesburg.
The center, established by a community member, Merriam Matjele, cares for 25 abandoned children who have a variety of mental and physical disabilities, but operates with extremely limited resources. Eastburg became moved by the children's plight and the center's needs during three months serving at the center while spending the spring in South Africa.
Back in West Michigan, he worked with his parents, Mark and Susan Eastburg, to set up an advisory board on the center's behalf. Through their church, Thornapple Covenant Church, they set up an account through which financial donations can be made to help meet a variety of needs. The priorities for the funds include adding beds and waterproof sleeping mats for the children (the center only has three beds and non-waterproof mats); new toilets to replace the two leaking toilets in the center; two showers (the center currently has none, and the only bathtub is needed for washing clothing); a washing machine (all laundry is currently done by hand); and a vehicle suitable for transporting the children to the hospital for treatment of their various conditions (the center currently only has an open-bed pick-up truck).
During the college's Christmas break, Luke and Mark Eastburg will return to the center to oversee some construction projects and to film the children so that they can be assessed by a physical therapist in Grand Rapids.
"The Grand Rapids Press" featured Eastburg's experiences in a story on Saturday, Aug. 14. More information about the center and the fund-raising effort on its behalf is available online at: http://itsosengproject.com/
Other 2010 award recipients honored on Tuesday, Nov. 9, were: Robert Berkhof, receiving the Benjamin Franklin Award for an Outstanding Fundraising Professional; Thomas S. and Mickie Fox, receiving the Distinguished Philanthropist award; the Mill Steel Company, receiving the Outstanding Corporation award; and Tom Edmonds, receiving the Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser award.
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Corporate stooge Robert Bryce loses his cool when asked about oil industry funding
"A shill, plant or stooge is a person who helps a person or organization without disclosing that he or she has a close relationship with that person or organization." wikipedia
When Robert Bryce, a "scholar" for the Manhattan Institute, says things like "I love cold beer and air conditioning, and the only things that can bring that to the American consumer are oil, coal and natural gas,"(which he said at KPMG's May 26 Global Energy conference in Houston) he expects to be taken seriously. When he calls green energy a myth or writes articles like "Let Exxon Run the Dept. of Energy," or argues for continued subsidies for oil and gas industry, he wants to be seen as an "academic," a "journalist," or an "energy expert" - which is how he describes himself in his many media appearances.
What Robert Bryce doesn't say, not once in the more than 40 times he has appeared in media since October 2011, is that the Manhattan Institute has taken close to 7 million dollars from the fossil fuel industry (including $505,000 from Exxon and $1,575,00 from the oil and gas billionaire Koch brothers).
That's why the watchdog group Checks and Balances Project asked Bryce point blank if he would disclose his ties to the oil and gas industry. Turns out that is one question he is not willing to answer.
Me thinks he doth protest too much…


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W got hit in the head with two shoes...hahahahahaha
how good is that?
i will give him his props and say that he can duck just about anything, shoes, bombs, weapons of mass destruction, al queda(sp)...all that shit.
the first mistake W made, was showing up unannounced. you can't just show up in a foreign country unannounced and don't expect to get something thrown at you. duh
if obama gets shoes thrown at him, i might be a little mad and call it racist, but this, this right here is what i call genius
Monday, December 15, 2008
my president is: getting hit in the head with a size 10
W got hit in the head with two shoes...hahahahahaha
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christmas and the queen
i am so confused as to what to do after classes are over. work? sleep? read? boo love with my nonexistant boo? who knows!? you know how they always say, "home is where the heart is", well "they" are absolutely right. I need to go home in order to feel the christmas spirit because in Richmond I feel spirituallly dead. ever notice how christmas gets less and less exciting as the years go by? One minute your writing down your christmas list like its the new constitution, editing and re-editing, and they next you're off to college with no christmas and no presents! wats up with that? should christmas stop at a certain age? is that logical? isnt the christmas spirit supposed to be carried on through each year of your life? why can't the spirit exist without the buying of presents? our society has commercialized holidays so much to the point that in order to feel something during the hollidays you need to be buying a cheap gift. sometimes i sit back and think about the summer time and how good it is to be in a season that has no major hollidays that require more than attendance at a cookout. shit gets real complex in the winter time. you have school, thanksgiving AND christmas, bad holliday movies, cheesy holliday music, and an intense need to be nestled under a fire with someone you "love". i gotta get out of richmond and find the true meaning of christmas and then ima have to travel again and "find" the meaning of new years in a bottle of smirnof (lol). whatever kind of feelings you have toward the holliday season be sure to make them your own, go to church, have a toast, give a gift, smoke a l...anything will do, just get your spirit back! ashe lol
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Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday") is the last day of feasting before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras falls on Tuesday, February 16, 2010. The tradition of the King Cake came to New Orleans with the French settlers around 1870, continuing a custom dating back to twelfth century in France.
History of Mardi Gras King Cake
Hundreds of thousands of King Cakes are eaten during Mardi Gras each year in New Orleans, Louisiana. A Mardi Gras party would not be authentic without the traditional King Cake as the center of the party. The cake is made with a rich Danish dough, baked and covered with a sugar topping in Mardi Gras colors; purple representing justice, green representing faith, and gold representing power. A small plastic baby became the symbol of this Holy Day is placed inside of each King Cake. The New Orleans tradition is that each person takes a piece of cake hoping to find the plastic baby inside. The recipient of the plastic baby is crowned King or Queen for the day and that person host the following year's party and supplies the King Cake.
Cook: 10 min.; Stand: 5 min.; Rise: 1 hr., 30 min.; Bake: 16 min.
1 (16-ounce) container sour cream
1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 (1/4-ounce) envelopes active dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1 tablespoon sugar
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
6 to 6 1/2 cups bread flour
1/3 cup Softened butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Creamy Glaze*
Green, purple, and gold-tinted sparkling sugar sprinkles
Cook first 4 ingredients in a medium saucepan over low heat, stirring often, until butter melts.
Set aside, and cool mixture to 100° to 110°.
Stir together yeast, 1/2 cup warm water, and 1 tablespoon sugar in a 1-cup glass measuring cup; let stand 5 minutes.
Beat sour cream mixture, yeast mixture, eggs, and 2 cups flour at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until smooth. Reduce speed to low, and gradually add enough remaining flour (4 to 4 1/2 cups) until a soft dough forms.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic (about 10 minutes). Place in a well-greased bowl, turning to grease top.
Cover and let rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, 1 hour or until dough is doubled in bulk.
Punch down dough, and divide in half. Roll each portion into a 22- x 12-inch rectangle. Spread 1/3 cup softened butter evenly on each rectangle, leaving a 1-inch border. Stir together 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon, and sprinkle evenly over butter on each rectangle.
Roll up each dough rectangle, jelly-roll fashion, starting at 1 long side. Place one dough roll, seam side down, on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bring ends of roll together to form an oval ring, moistening and pinching edges together to seal. Repeat with second dough roll.
Cover and let rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, 20 to 30 minutes or until doubled in bulk.
Bake at 375° for 14 to 16 minutes or until golden. Slightly cool cakes on pans on wire racks (about 10 minutes). Drizzle Creamy Glaze evenly over warm cakes; sprinkle with colored sugars, alternating colors and forming bands. Let cool completely.
Cream Cheese-Filled King Cake: Prepare each 22- x 12-inch dough rectangle as directed. Omit 1/3 cup softened butter and 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon. Increase 1/2 cup sugar to 3/4 cup sugar. Beat 3/4 cup sugar; 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened; 1 large egg; and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly on each dough rectangle, leaving 1-inch borders.
Creamy Glaze*
3 tablespoons butter, melted
3 cups powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 to 4 tablespoons milk
Stir together first 4 ingredients. Stir in 2 tablespoon milk, adding additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until spreading consistency.
This recipe uses bread flour, which makes for a light airy cake. You still get tasty results with all-purpose flour the cake will be more dense.
Photo Credit: Southern Living
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Complaining of a sudden localized hip pain, in January 2002, Dennis Capolongo, was diagnosed with a disc herniation and given 2 epidural injections of the steroid Depo-Medrol that resulted in two trips to the ER, a stint in the hospital, and horrific back pain that continued nonstop for months.
A short time later, when reviewing his original MRIs, new doctors found nothing to substantiate the disc herniation diagnosis or the need for Depo-Medrol. It is now believed the hip pain Dennis experienced was caused by a sprain and not from any back problem.
However, he now is forced to live with arachnoiditis caused by epidural steroid injections (ESIs). "Arachnoiditis describes a pain disorder caused by the inflammation of the arachnoid, one of the membranes that surround and protect the nerves of the spinal cord," according Dr Robert Filice, MD in Depo-Medrol: Another Good Reason to Choose Prolotherapy.
The inflammation sometimes leads to the formation of scar tissue and adhesions, which cause the spinal nerves to "stick" together at which point arachnoiditis begins to interfere with the function of the nerves, causing symptoms such as numbness, tingling, and a characteristic stinging and burning pain in the lower back or legs, according to Dr Filice.
There is no cure for arachnoiditis and treatment options are limited to pain relief similar to treatments for other chronic pain conditions.
Dennis has organized the "End Depo Now Campaign" (EDNC), a grassroots advocacy group seeking to have Depo-Medrol banned from epidural use. Research by EDNC has determined:
- (1). there are only two natural ways to contract the condition. One is through trauma to the spinal cord; the other is through contamination of the Cerebro Spinal Fluid (CSF) by foreign bodies such as bacteria and viruses, which cross the blood brain barrier.
- (2). there are only two ways to contract the condition through medical procedures. One is through surgery, the equivalent of natural trauma, that can include blood contamination of the CFS; the other is through injecting foreign substances into the CFS, which causes the body to react in exactly the same way as it would to bacteria and viruses.
An ESI is a dangerous procedure. "When administering epidural injections, it is critical to recognize the risks associated with the introduction of potentially neurotoxic substances into the subarachnoid space, from which 40% of spinal fluid is produced," according to Milestone Scientific in a March 6, 2006 press release.
The only possible way Dennis could have contracted arachnoiditis is through the improper ESI because had no back problems. "I am living proof that a perfectly healthy person will suffer a spinal cord injury when subjected to this treatment," he says.
In the March 1999 paper, Adhesive Arachnoiditis Syndrome, Dr Sarah Smith summarizes the complexities and progression of the of disorder.
In the first stage, the spinal nerves are swollen and the adjacent blood vessels distended and the subarachnoid space disappears.
During the second stage, the scar tissue increases, and the nerves become adherent to each other and the dura.
In the third stage, adhesive arachnoiditis, involves complete encapsulation of the nerve roots and the scarring prevents the arachnoid from producing spinal fluid in that area.
Depo is the principal cause of arachnoiditis in the US. Dr Charles Burton maintains that almost all cases of clinically significant adhesive arachnoiditis are caused by Depo-Medrol.
Dr Burton is an expert in the treatment of complex spinal problems and has become a well-known advocate for arachnoiditis sufferers by promoting public awareness of the condition. His publication of the Burton Report in 2000 has raised awareness world-wide.
Depo victims must endure a lifetime of agony with a disability that affects every aspect day-to-day living. Arachnoiditis patient Zana G. describes her life as "sheer hopeless hell."
The condition, Zana says has "decimated my personal and professional lives, eradicated my hobbies, killed my love life, laid waste to my ability to travel and vacation with family and friends, made me a prisoner to my house, and my bed, driven my friends and family away."
"We have no cures, no treatments, no research into this condition, whatsoever," she says.
A major complaint heard from many victims is that ESIs are being administered off-label for conditions not approved by the FDA, without the patient's knowledge of their unapproved status.
The dangers associated with this off-label procedure has even prompted Pfizer, the maker of Depo, to post a warning on its web site against epidural use which states in part:
DEPO-MEDROL Sterile Aqueous Suspension is contraindicated for intrathecal administration. This formulation of methylprednisolone acetate has been associated with reports of severe medical events when administered by this route.
The Pfizer site also lists adverse reactions reported with the epidural administration as:
- Arachnoiditis
- Bowel/bladder dysfunction
- Meningitis
- Headache
- Paraparesis/paraplegia Seizures
- Sensory disturbances
These warnings are nothing new. As far back as 1981, Upjohn, the Depro manufacturer at the time, stated "we would advise against the epidural/extradural routes of administration because of possible adverse reactions".
These warnings are rarely discussed with patients which means they have no opportunity to make an informed decision about whether or not to undergo the procedure after assessing the risk/benefit of the injections.
Advocacy groups say patients should always be advised when a drug is not approved. "Consumers should be told when they are receiving a drug for off-label use and make an informed decision if they want to accept the risk," according to pharmacist Larry Sasich, of the consumer watchdog group Public Citizen.
Dennis says patients will not be given this information unless they specifically ask for it. "Even then," he says, "there is no guarantee that their doctor will even know this latest update."
Therefore, a main goal of EDNC, he says, "is to have the FDA reevaluate the efficacy and safety of this steroid when used "off label" for epidural injections with the hope that they will label the steroid as contraindicated for epidural administration."
The fact is, there is no proof that Depo provides any benefit. According to the Injectable Corticosteroid Suspensions, 28 February 2006, Products–description, by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists: "Currently, no clinical evidence conclusively shows that epidural corticosteroid injections are either effective or ineffective for relieving low back pain."
"Limited clinical data are available on the epidural route of administration," the group explains, "and use of the product for this indication is not included in the labeling."
"In addition," Pharmacists warns, "some preparations contain benzyl alcohol, a preservative that is not suitable for epidural injection," citing Glucocorticoids In: Drug Facts and Comparisons. St. Louis, MO: Facts and Comparisons; 2000:320-332.
By using the Freedom of Information Act, Dennis discovered that over 350 deaths and over 15,570 severe neurological events were reported to the FDA between 1998 and 2002 on person who received Depo.
In addition, EDNC conducted a survey and found hundreds of patients who complained of serious side effects following the off-label administration of steroid compounds where doctors refused to notify the FDA or the manufacturer through the MedWatch reporting system.
According to a Harvard study, less than 2% of adverse events are reported to the FDA. which means there must be hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting victim that have been injured by the improper use of Depo.
Dr Burton claims there is remarkable amount of ignorance in the medical field regarding ESIs. "Many physicians performing epidural steroid injections on a regular basis," he says, "do not even understand the relationship of this procedure to the possibility of creating adhesive arachnoiditis months later."
This ignorance is inexcusable because studies on the administration of ESIs have been discussed in medical journals for years. In 1999, neuroradiologists from the Center for Diagnostic Imaging in Minneapolis, surveyed 5,334 procedures performed and identified adhesive arachnoiditis as a "well described" potential complication.
The authors of the study stated: "The blind interlaminar technique introduces the potential for erroneous needle placement and subsequent injection of substances into undesired locations, such as the subarachnoid space".
The authors noted that blind needle injection, even by "skilled and experienced procedurists" has been found to be inaccurate in 25-30% of cases, in an article published in the April 1999 issue of the American Journal of Neuroradiol, 20:697-705.
Dr Burton says anestesiologists are the worst offenders when it comes to improper ESIs and statistics verify that claim. The American Association of Anesthesiologists Closed Claims Project / Journal Anesthesiology 2004; 100:98-105, listed ESI complications as accounting for 40% of all AAA malpractice closed-claims between 1970 & 1999.
A section of the Burton reports explains why the majority of lawsuits involve anesthesiologists. Because pain management is big business, anesthesiologists want to be involved in direct patient care, but training in spine care or pain management is typically not a part of their training.
Because reimbursement for administering ESIs is relatively high, Dr Burton says pain management centers have become "procedure mills."
But anesthesiologists are not familiar with adhesive arachnoiditis and the potential for toxicity of steroid suspensions upon entry of the subarachnoid space and mistakenly believe the "blind" needle approach to the space is accurate because they are not trained in the use of x-ray monitoring equipment and so they tend not to use it.
Lastly, an anesthesiologist rarely sees a patient after the procedure to provide them with direct information regarding a patient's progress.
When it comes to ESIs, Dr Burton says many medical professionals seem to be afflicted with the "New Guinea Syndrome," which is identified by the following comparison:
"As remarkable as it seems there are actually primitive tribes in existence today who have not yet connected the act of sexual intercourse with the birth of a child nine months later."
"As remarkable as it seems there are also physicians providing drugs and therapies that have risk to patients who have not yet connected these risks to the serious complications routinely occurring months or years, afterwards."
However by now, the "New Guinea Syndrome" provides no defense for negligent doctors. "Ignorance of consequences," Dr Burton says, "is not an excuse when the medical and scientific community have clearly identified the patient risks."
"The only sensible approach at this point in time," he advises, "is to require medical professionals to fully explain the procedure and other options before it is carried out."
Dennis takes the issue a step further. In September 2004, he told a committee at the Institute of Medicine: "We need to stop the procedure that's causing more harm than good."
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15. Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Starring Aaron Eckhart, Cameron Bright, Maria Bello
Directed by Jason Reitman
What it's about: A precursor to TV's Mad Men, this satire with teeth and black lungs is scary funny and hones in on the art of spin and persuasion as seen from the point of view of Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart), the tobacco lobby's mouthpiece.
Why watch it: Naylor is known as the Sultan of Spin and getting to watch his power of persuasion, even if it's for a despicable cause, is a thing of beauty.
Business takeaway: The world of media and politics is driven by spin more than any of us want to admit, and, if you believe in your message, you can convince people of almost anything. Almost.
Memorable scene: When Naylor is kidnapped by anti-smoking terrorists and used as a human guinea pig to show the damage nicotine can do to the body.
Memorable quotes:
Nick Naylor: Right there, looking into Joey's eyes, it all came back in a rush. Why I do what I do. Defending the defenseless, protecting the disenfranchised corporations that have been abandoned by their very own consumers: the logger, the sweatshop foreman, the oil driller, the land mine developer, the baby seal poacher.
Jeff Megall: Sony has a futuristic sci-fi movie they're looking to make.
Nick Naylor: Cigarettes in space?
Jeff Megall: It's the final frontier, Nick.
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Nick Naylor: Michael Jordan plays ball. Charles Manson kills people. I talk. Everyone has a talent.
Next up: Modern Times
14. Modern Times (1936)
Starring Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman
Directed by Charles Chaplin
What it's about: Charlie Chaplin, in his last role as "The Little Tramp," finds the new industrial age one that's hard to live in — and make a living in, for that matter.
Why watch it: For its sheer brilliance and choreography. Chaplin was a visual genius and there are moments from Modern Times that have become cinematic lore, such as the conveyor belt scene and the bit where he roller-skates while wearing a blindfold.
Business takeaway: Never quit. No matter how tough times may get, hang in there, and keep plugging away. Something good is bound to happen.
Memorable scene: Opening scene, which shows sheep running through a slaughter chute, then cuts to waves of people pushing their way through a narrow subway to work.
Another classic scene is the one which has been copied numerous times, where Chaplin is working on a factory line and the conveyor belt gets faster and faster and faster until finally its sucks him into the machine.
Memorable quote: Well, considering it's a silent film, you're not going to get a lot of good dialogue. But there are frequent sound effects, such as the voice of the factory owner over a loudspeaker.
President of the Electro Steel Corp.: [from the Telescreen in the restroom to the factory worker] Hey you! Get back to work!
Next up: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
13. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
Starring Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee
Directed by David Swift
What it's about: A window washer named J. Pierpont Finch (Robert Morse) buys a how-to book and quickly climbs the corporate ladder.
Why watch it: Morse's impish charisma, and the song and dance numbers (yes, this is a musical).
Business takeaway: Read a good how-to book. It might just have the secret to your success.
Memorable scene: Finch and his boss singing the school fight song.
Memorable quotes:
J. Pierpont Finch: Be patient? Don't you realize I've been working here … well, two whole hours now?
J. B. Biggley: I realize that I'm the president of this company, the man that's responsible for everything that goes on here. So, I want to state, right now, that anything that happened is not my fault.
J. Pierpont Finch: I feel sorry for men who don't knit, they lead empty lives.
Next up: Trading Places
12. Trading Places (1983)
Starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Ameche
Directed by John Landis
What it's about: The Duke Brothers (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) own a commodities brokerage firm and make a bet that they could take their company's leading stalwart, Louis Winthorpe (Dan Aykroyd) and have him trade places with a homeless man (Eddie Murphy) and no one would know the difference.
Why watch it: It's one of Murphy's more toned down roles. He's fun to watch and actually seems to be having fun with the part of Billy Ray Valentine, as opposed to many later films where his ego gets away from him.
Business takeaway: Could management really bring someone in off the street who could do your job as well as you can? It's doubtful, but still something to keep in the back of your mind for an extra edge at work.
Memorable scene: Where Winthorpe dresses up as a drunk Santa and crashes the Duke Brothers' Christmas party.
Memorable quotes:
Randolph Duke: Money isn't everything, Mortimer.
Mortimer Duke: Oh, grow up.
Randolph Duke: Mother always said you were greedy.
Mortimer Duke: She meant it as a compliment.
Louis Winthorpe III: Fifty bucks? No, no, no. This is a Rouchefoucauld. The thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, hand-crafted in Switzerland, and water resistant to three atmospheres. This is *the* sports watch of the '80s. Six thousand, nine hundred and fifty five dollars retail!
Pawnbroker: You got a receipt?
Louis Winthorpe III: Look, it tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome, and Gstaad.
Pawnbroker: In Philadelphia, it's worth 50 bucks.
Up next: Once Upon a Time in the West
11. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Starring Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards
Directed by Sergio Leone
What it's about: Another of director Sergio Leone's operatic spaghetti westerns, though parts of it were filmed in the U.S. While it has the usual guns and bullets of the genre, it's also a story about the building of the American West and the type of men it took to get the railroads carved through violent, outlaw-laden areas.
Why watch it: Leone's camera, Ennio Morricone's haunting, harmonica-heavy score and Henry Fonda as a bad guy.
Business takeaway: Surround yourself with good people you can trust. Otherwise one of them might shoot or stab you in the back.
Memorable scene: The opening ambush where desperadoes gun down an innocent family and Leone cuts to the head bad guy — Henry Fonda in a black suit.
Memorable quotes:
Frank: How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders? The man can't even trust his own pants.
Cheyenne: Harmonica, a town built around a railroad. You could make a fortune. Hundreds of thousands of dollars. Hey, more than that. Thousands of thousands.
Harmonica: They call them "millions."
Cheyenne: "Millions." Hmm.
Morton: How does it feel sitting behind that desk, Frank?
Frank: Almost like holding a gun … only much more powerful.
For the rest of the list, visit www.lifehealthpro.com/bestbusinessmovies.


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Victor, Idaho (March 21, 2017) — CityPASS®, the company that bundles prepaid admission to a destination's top attractions into discounted, easy-to-use ticket booklets, is celebrating two milestones this year: its 20th anniversary and its 98% customer recommendation rating.
Launched in 1997, CityPASS was the brainchild of co-founders Mike Morey and Mike Gallagher, business partners who had spent much of their respective careers working at, with or around attractions. Their vision was specific: handpick the very best attractions in major North American destinations and then discount admission to those attractions by up to 50%. It was something no one else had done, and it was a risk. But, Gallagher and Morey believed in their goal of making travel easier, more affordable, and vastly more enjoyable. And, based on 2016 customer polling, that vision has succeeded. An enviable 98% of CityPASS customers report that they would recommend CityPASS booklets to a friend or family member.
"One thing that differentiates CityPASS from other destination passes is that we purposely limit the number of attractions whose tickets are included in our ticket booklets," said Co-founder and Co-chairman Mike Morey. "That's because we never want a CityPASS user to feel that they have to rush from attraction to attraction to get their money's worth. A select number of tickets to the top sights means that travelers can slow down, take their time, and really enjoy themselves at each location."
"Our concept was designed around taking the stress out of planning a vacation," said Mike Gallagher, CityPASS co-founder and co-chairman. "People worry that travel is too expensive, so we made it more affordable. They worry that once they go on vacation, they'll miss something incredible. So, we made sure to include all the top attractions. They worry about spending their precious vacation time standing in line, which is why, whenever possible, CityPASS includes a line-skipping option. The whole idea was to take away the hassle, so that travelers and their families can just focus on having fun."
CityPASS debuted in Seattle and San Francisco, with the very first CityPASS ticket booklet being sold in Seattle on June 11, 1997. The following year New York and Boston were added to the program. Today, CityPASS offers curated, discounted admission to the top attractions in 12 North American destinations: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa Bay, Toronto and Southern California (includes admission to Disneyland, Disney California Adventure Park, SeaWorld San Diego and LEGOLAND California). To date, more than 17 million CityPASS ticket booklets have been sold.
"We've seen a lot of change in the past 20 years," said Megan Allen, who was named CityPASS president and CEO in 2012, after moving up the ranks following her initial hire in 2000. "We've seen sales go from primarily box office to largely online; we've gone from shipping every ticket booklet by post to sending a good portion of them via email; and, last year, we introduced our first entirely mobile pass, New York C3. But, no matter how high-tech we become or how the business evolves, we always want to focus on providing an exceptional travel experience and outstanding customer service. That 98% customer recommendation rating is something we want to hold onto for many years to come."
About CityPASS: Since 1997, CityPASS ticket booklets and admission cards have been premier products for travelers who want to visit a destination's top attractions while enjoying significant savings. CityPASS ticket booklets are currently available in 12 North American destinations: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Southern California, Tampa Bay and Toronto. Still a family-owned business, CityPASS is headquartered in the small mountain town of Victor, Idaho, on the west slope of the Teton Mountains. For more information, visit CityPASS.com.
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The White House announced that the CIA will stop using fake vaccination programs to further its spy operations. The decision comes after leaders from U.S. public health schools brought the practice to light.
The Central Intelligence Agency says it will no longer use fake vaccination programs in its spy operations abroad. The ban came after strong criticism of the agency for setting up an immunization campaign in Pakistan. It was part of the effort to catch Osama bin Laden. NPR's Jason Beaubien has more.
JASON BEAUBIEN, BYLINE: In some of the places in the world where it's most difficult to deliver vaccines, there are rumors and myths that immunization campaigns are part of a western plot against the locals. In Northern Nigeria, for instance, vaccination campaigns have been shut down in the past over claims that the vaccine is tainted with HIV. Even before bin Laden was killed in 2011, the Taliban had banned polio immunization in parts of Pakistan it controls.
The Taliban claims the polio drops sterilize Pakistani children and vaccinators are American spies. Unfortunately, in 2010, the CIA did use a fake vaccination campaign to try to gather DNA of some children in Northern Pakistan. They wanted to see if they were bin Laden's children. If they were, it might mean he was living nearby.
ANTHONY ROBBINS: The CIA's not exclusively responsible for the problems we have in getting children vaccinated, but it certainly didn't make anything easier.
BEAUBIEN: Anthony Robbins, the co-editor of the Journal of Public Health Policy, wrote an editorial denouncing the CIA use of fake vaccination programs back in August of 2012. Immunization campaigns need to reach large portions of any community to be successful and Robbins says mothers and fathers have to believe that the vaccinators are doing the right thing for their children.
ROBBINS: If that trust disappears, then the vaccination program fails.
BEAUBIEN: The CIA vaccination scheme against bin Laden fueled the Taliban's anti-American fervor and now, Pakistan is the country with the worst polio problem on the planet. A spokesman for the CIA in an email to NPR says the policy change went into effect late last year and it's being announced now to try to undercut Taliban propaganda against vaccination. The idea is that this public statement by the Obama administration will help vaccinators, particularly in Pakistan.
But the head of one large anti-polio campaign in the country wasn't happy to hear the CIA's latest declaration.
AZIZ MEMON: I didn't think that such a statement, at this point in time, is going to help in any way.
BEAUBIEN: Aziz Memon is the head of Rotary International's polio eradication effort in Pakistan. He says Pakistanis were starting to forget about the controversy over the fake CIA vaccination campaign and now he expects the issue to blow up in the local media all over again. By his count, 62 polio workers have been killed by extremists in Pakistan since 2012. He says it takes great courage for vaccinators to keep going out every day trying to immunize children.
And the last thing they should have to worry about is being killed because the Taliban believes they're secret agents working for the Americans. This newly announced U.S. policy is an attempt to change that. Jason Beaubien, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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NVIDIA's 1.4 Billion Transistor GPU: GT200 Arrives as the GeForce GTX 280 & 260by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on June 16, 2008 9:00 AM EST
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Lots More Compute, a Leetle More Texturing
NVIDIA's GT200 GPU has a significant increase in computational power thanks to its 240 streaming processors, up from 128 in the previous G80 design. As a result, NVIDIA's GT200 GPU showcases a tremendous increase in transistor count over its previous generation architecture (1.4 billion up from 686 million in G80).
The increase in compute power of GT200 is not mirrored however in the increase in texture processing power. On the previous page we outlined how the Texture/Processing Clusters went from two Shader Multiprocessors to three, and how there are now a total of ten TPCs in the chip up from 8 in the GeForce 8800 GTX.
In the original G80 core, used in the GeForce 8800 GTX NVIDIA's texture block looked like this:
In each block you had 4 texture address units and 8 texture filtering units.
With the move to G92, used in the GeForce 8800 GT, 8800 GTS 512 and 9800 GTX, NVIDIA doubled the number of texture address units and achieved a 1:1 ratio of address/filtering units:
With GT200 in the GeForce GTX 280/260, NVIDIA kept the address-to-filtering ratio at 1:1 but increased the ratio of SPs to texture processors:
In the previous designs you'd have 8 address and 8 filtering units per TPC (or 16 streaming processors), in the GT200 you have the same 8 address and 8 filtering units but for a larger TPC with 24 SPs.
Here's how the specs stand up across the generations:
|NVIDIA Architecture Comparison
|Streaming Processors per TPC
|Texture Address Units per TPC
|Texture Filtering Units per TPC
|Total SPs
|Total Texture Address Units
|Total Texture Filtering Units
For a 87.5% increase in compute, there's a mere 25% increase in texture processing power. This ratio echoes what NVIDIA has been preaching for years: that games are running more complex shaders and are not as bound by texture processing as they were in years prior. If this wasn't true then we'd see a closer to 25% increase in performance of GT200 over G80 at the same clock rather than something much greater.
It also means that GT200's performance advantage over G80 or G92 based architectures (e.g. GeForce 9800 GTX) will be determined much by how computationally bound the games we're testing are.
The ratio of increase compute/texture power in the GT200 has been evident in NVIDIA architectures for years now, dating back to the ill-fated GeForce FX. NVIDIA sacrificed memory bandwidth on the GeForce FX, equipping it with a narrow 128-bit memory bus (compared to ATI's 256-bit interface on the Radeon 9700 Pro) and instead focused on building a much more powerful compute engine. Unfortunately, the bet was the wrong one to make at the time and the GeForce FX was hardly competitive (for more reasons than just a lack of memory bandwidth), but today we're dealing in a very different world. Complex shader programs run on each pixel on the screen and there's a definite need for more compute power in today's GPUs.
An Increase in Rasterization Throughput
In addition to the 25% increase in texture processing capabilities of the GT200, NVIDIA added two more ROP partitions to the GPU. While the GeForce 8800 GTX had six ROP partitions, each capable of outputting a maximum of 4 pixels per clock, the GT200 adds two more partitions.
With eight ROP partitions the GT200 can now output a maximum of 32 pixels per clock, up from 24 pixels per clock in the GeForce 8800 GTX and 9800 GTX.
The pixel blend rate on G80/G92 was half-speed, meaning that while you could output 24 pixels per clock, you could only blend 12 pixels per clock. Thanks to the 65nm shrink and redesign, GT200 can now output and blend pixels at full speed - that's 32 pixels per clock for each.
The end result is a non-linear performance improvement in everything from anti-aliasing and fire effects to shadows on GT200. It's an evolutionary change, but that really does sum up many of the enhancements of GT200 over G80/G92.
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Chaser - Monday, June 16, 2008 - linkMaybe I'm behind the loop here. The only competition this article refers to is some up coming new INTEL product in contrast to an announced hard release of the next AMD GPU series a week from now?
BPB - Monday, June 16, 2008 - linkWell nVidia is starting with the hi end, hi proced items. Now we wait to see what ATI has and decide. I'm very much looking forward to the ATI release this week. Reply
FITCamaro - Monday, June 16, 2008 - linkYeah but for the performance of these cards, the price isn't quite right. I mean you can get two 8800GTs for under $400 and they typically outperform both the 260 and the 280. Yes if you want a single card, these aren't too bad a deal. But even the 9800GX2 outperforms the 280 normally.
So really I have to question the pricing on them. High end for a single GPU card yes. Better price/performance than last generations card, no. I just bought two G92 8800GTSs and now I don't feel dumb about it because my two cards that I paid $170 for each will still outperform the latest and greatest which cost more. Reply
Rev1 - Monday, June 16, 2008 - linkMaybe lack of any real competition from ATI? Reply
hadifa - Monday, June 16, 2008 - link
No, The reason is high cost to produce. over a Billion transistors, low yields, 512 bit bus ...
Unfortunately the high cost and the advance tech doesn't translate to equally impressive performance at this stage. For example, if the card had much lower power usage under load, still it would have been considered a good move forward for having comparable performance to a dual GPU solution but with much cooler running and less demanding hardware.
As the review mentions, this card begs for a die shrink. It will make it use less power, be cheaper, run cooler and even have a higher clock. Reply
Warren21 - Monday, June 16, 2008 - linkThat competition won't come for another two weeks, but when it does -- rumour has it NV plan to lower their prices. Most preliminary info has HD 4870 at 299-329 and pretty much GTX 260 performance, if not, then biting at it's heels. Reply
smn198 - Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - linkYou haven't seen anything yet. check out this picture of the GTX2 290!! http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=350t4rt&s=3">http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=350t4rt&s=3 Reply
Mr Roboto - Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - linkSoon it will be that way if Nvidia has their way. Reply


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In Grace, Max Lucado explains the concept of grace is undeserved forgiveness from a God who loves us completely. He sent his only Son to die on a cross for our sins and to display unconditionally love to the world. One example of grace that Max Lucado shared was the story of when the Pharisees brought a woman to Jesus and stated that they caught her in the act of adultery. The Pharisees pointed out to Jesus that Moses law told them to stone her and put her to death. Jesus didn't say anything at first but just squatted down and began writing in the dust. The Bible doesn't say what he wrote. They kept asking Jesus what they should do to the woman. Jesus finally said, "All right, stone her. But let those who have never sinned throw the first stones!" (John 8:7-8 NLT). Everyone that was condemning her turned to leave. Jesus extended compassion and told her to "go and sin no more" (John 8:11 NLT). Max Lucado goes on to describe how Satan is here to destroy our lives and he likes to condemn us when we sin. Thankfully, Jesus is able to forgive us when we repent for our sins.
God can forgive you when you were unloving to another person or maybe you told a lie to another person. Maybe you even fell into temptation and you had sex before marriage and you know you should have waited but you choose to do it anyway- God can still forgive you. Maybe you got pregnant and chose to have an abortion- God can still forgive you. And you're awake every night in regret because you know you should have raised and been a part of your child's life but choose not to. Maybe you committed a crime and you know it was wrong- God can forgive you. God can forgive anything that is sin, but we have to first confess that we know we messed up and admit that you're truly sorry. The next step we must take is to turn from our mistakes. If you can right a wrong, then go ahead and do it! But it's extremely important to know that this isn't a free for all opportunity to sin just because you feel like it. If you know you're sinning, then change it, and stop! And when you fall short always remember that grace is there.
I would recommend this fantastic book on grace to everyone, especially if you're having a hard forgiving yourself for past mistakes and failures. Grace is something God gave to us and it didn't come without a price. I found the chapter "Chosen Children" to be an enormous benefit for adults to remember that God chose us as His children and he is our Heavenly father. He is a father to the fatherless and it's important to never judge that God is like your Earthly father. God will never reject you as His child and he isn't surprised when you make a mistake. Satan is the liar that gets satisfaction when he can make you wear the coat of shame. God will give you forgiveness no matter how deep your scars are or how many times you're ashamed of what you have done. I immensely enjoyed how Max Lucado kept reminding readers that God adopted them into His family when we confessed that He is Lord and we need a Savior. So if you're a believer in Christ, we're family! Grace happens when we receive it and this book is an excellent reminder that God truly does call you His son or daughter and He loves you!
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